I'm Gayby Little Britain

The
Pet Shop Boys have done a remix (which, as far as I know, still has not yet been officially released) of this
song by the comedy team of David Walliams and Matt Lucas, better known collectively
by the name of their hit U.K. TV show Little Britain (and who may be best known by many PSB fans for their starring role in the "I'm with Stupid" video). The original recorded
version of "I'm Gay" was released on iTunes in early December 2006. A novelty number sung by Lucas in the role of his popular
character Daffyd, "the only gay in the village," it has been regularly
performed as the finale of Little Britain's wildly successful touring stage show.
Though it's assured either to delight or offend depending on the particular sensitivities
of the listener, the fact that Lucas himself is gay in "real life" helps
mitigate the offensiveness factorat least for some.

The
lyrics consist of little more than a recitative of different ways of Daffyd saying
that he's gay, including "poofter," "bum boy," "sausage
jockey," "faggot," references to his "packing fudge,"
and avowals of his fondness for certain portions of the male anatomy. It's basically
a one-joke affair, the only twist coming near the end when, as has often been
suggested on the TV show, Daffyd reveals that he's never actually yet "been"
with a man, though he certainly hopes to eventually.

As
for the music, it starts out with a dramatic piano bit strongly reminiscent of
"I Will Survive." But, like that classic disco track, it soon launches
into full-fledged uptempo dance mode. It quickly takes on techno flourishes, followed
by a full-throated male chorus providing backing vocals. At this point the song
becomes a stylistic parody of the Pet Shop Boys' rendition of "Go
West," continuing in that vein for the remainder of the track. This is
hardly a surprising development considering not only the associations of PSB in
general and that song in particular with "gayness" but also Walliams's
and Lucas's well-documented PSB fandomespecially in the former's
case.

Although Internet rumor
has maintained that Neil and Chris were the producers and/or co-writers of this
song, that's not the case since both the Boys and Little Britain have referred
to them solely as remixers. The
official PSB website notes that
the songwriters are, not surprisingly, Lucas and Walliams themselves along with
film composer David Arnold. It also says that the PSB remix is "more 'pop'"
than the original.